ccLearn is working with the Hewlett Foundation and Google to create a new “open education web-scale search.” The ccLearn group is devoted to the support of open educational resources. These are educational resources that are licensed in a way that
Palm special offer
Palm is offering a couple special back-to-school offers. For a limited time, buy Palm TX handhelds and get a free hard case with each one, or buy Palm Tungsten E2 handhelds and get a free keyboard with each one. This
Podcast on Ed Conferences
The newest episode of Karen’s Educational Mashups is now up. This show features podcasts from educational conferences. This is a great way to get the professional development benefits from conferences that you may not be able to attend in-person. Image
NSBA-"Explore ways in which [you] could use social networking for educational purposes"
Kudos to the NSBA for a forthcoming report that urges schools to relax restrictions on the use social networking technologies at schools. It’s about time that educational policymakers (and politicians) recognize that these technologies are important tools for differentiating instruction,
More thoughts on prof dev
Last week, I did some hands on workshops in new format — 2 hours! Normally, the shortest hands on session I’ll do is 3 hours, and I prefer 6 hours, especially for beginner podcasting sessions. But I thought I’d give